Late Pliocene and Quaternary Eurasian locust infestations in the Canary Archipelago

Lethaia

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 440-454

  Meco, Joaquín ^a   Muhs, Daniel R ^b   Fontugne, Michel ^c   Ramos, Antonio J G ^a   Lomoschitz, Alejandro ^d   Patterson, Deanna ^e  

^a ULPGC   (Spain)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^e ATA Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; FAUNA; INTERGLACIAL; LOCUST; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOSOL; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; QUATERNARY; STRATIGRAPHY;

CANARY ISLANDS; SPAIN;

DOCIOSTAURUS; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 81255149477     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: 15023931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.2010.00255.x     Document Type: Article

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